high efficiency; high performance
to tower over the surroundings
prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar; bamboo
cluster; clique; faction; fan group
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
sleepwalker; somnambulist
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
secret information; intelligence
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
negative emotions; negative feelings
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to employ; to hire; to charter
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
southern part; the south (of a region)
northern part; the north (of a region)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal